April 1943. Washington, D.C. "Girl sitting alone in the Sea Grill waiting for a pickup. 'I come in here pretty often, sometimes alone, mostly with another girl, we drink beer, and talk, and of course we keep our eyes open -- you'd be surprised at how often nice lonesome soldiers ask Sue, the waitress, to introduce them to us.' " Medium-format nitrate negative by Esther Bubley for the OWI. (note face in window above woman's head) |
The Darkest Day of the Year
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photo by Chris Budgeon
It is the Winter Solstice, the least daylight we in the Northern Hemisphere
will see in a twenty-four hour period all year. I felt...
2 hours ago